Hoda is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “right guidance”, Egyptian and Persian form of Huda. Huda Shaarawi, written Hoda in Egypt, founded the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923.

Hoda

Gender: Girl
Say it: HOH-dah
Origin: Arabic
US rank, 2025: #10,104 for girls

Hoda is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “right guidance”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).

What does Hoda mean?

Arabic: Egyptian and Persian form of Huda

“right guidance”

Huda Shaarawi, written Hoda in Egypt, founded the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923.

Is Hoda a girl's or a boy's name?

Hoda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Hoda in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 11 girls.

Half of all the girls named Hoda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 11 in 19962022

Hoda in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2022	6	#3,728
2021	5	#4,148
2020	0	–
2019	4	#4,904
2018	0	–
2017	5	#4,250
2016	0	–
2015	3	#5,983
2014	0	–
2013	4	#4,953
2012	5	#4,390
2011	3	#6,007
2010	1	#7,520
2009	0	–
2008	6	#3,589
2007	3	#5,415
2006	0	–
2005	5	#3,543
2004	4	#3,916
2003	5	#3,233
2002	6	#2,691
2001	5	#2,928
2000	4	#3,399
1999	6	#2,559
1998	3	#4,026
1997	0	–
1996	11	#1,621

How popular is Hoda in the US?

Rank in 2025: #10,104among girls
Babies in 2025: 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
Five-year trend: Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Hoda, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1987, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.

Half of all the girls named Hoda in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

1972Busiest: 20 in 19872025

Hoda in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	9	#10,104
2024	7	#12,156
2023	11	#8,984
2022	8	#11,225
2021	13	#8,019
2020	7	#12,137
2019	9	#10,467
2018	12	#8,612
2017	8	#11,611
2016	10	#10,109
2015	11	#9,476
2014	9	#10,949
2013	10	#10,230
2012	9	#11,251
2011	19	#6,561
2010	6	#14,953
2009	7	#13,698
2008	9	#11,594
2007	10	#10,814
2006	14	#8,234
2005	11	#9,447
2004	8	#11,617
2003	12	#8,500
2002	11	#8,831
2001	10	#9,344
2000	13	#7,574
1999	13	#7,233
1998	10	#8,579
1997	6	#12,065
1996	9	#8,807
1995	13	#6,636
1994	12	#7,091
1993	9	#8,712
1992	11	#7,504
1991	15	#5,943
1990	7	#10,187
1989	18	#4,842
1988	9	#7,686
1987	20	#4,119
1986	9	#7,130
1985	12	#5,676
1984	9	#6,808
1983	14	#4,883
1982	11	#5,909
1981	7	#8,126
1980	12	#5,543
1979	8	#7,311
1978	7	#7,647
1977	0	–
1976	0	–
1975	0	–
1974	0	–
1973	6	#7,433
1972	7	#6,556

Names like Hoda

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Safa Hiba Hafsa Huda Halima Zainab Khadija Amira Rahma Faiza Salma Aaliyah

Names related to Hoda

Houda Hodaya

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Hoda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hoda, updated 20 October 2026.